Radiator protector



u. G. KLENCK, JR

RADIATOR PROTECTOR Filed Oct. a, 1926 Inventor" I Attorney Patented V May .17, 1927 UNITED sirArss PATENT- ot-fl'ufc'iz.

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RADIATOR rnorncroa:

Application filed October 8, 1926. Serial No. 140,402 D circulation and also to. permit the use of.

shutter mechanisms with the radiator if de; sired. J

A still further important object of the invention is to provide a protector of this character in the nature of an attachment which is extren'ielysimple in its construction, strong and durable. inexpensive to the purpose for which it is designed.

With the above and numerous other objects in view aswill appear as the descriptionproceeds, the invention resides 1n certam novel features of construct on, and -m the combination and arrangement of parts:

as will be hereinafter more and claimed.

. In the drawings: v

Figure'l is a front elevation of an auto mobile radiator showing my improved protector mountedthereon,

fglly {described through.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail vertical sec; tion showing the manner in which the protector is fixed to the radiator.

Referring to the drawings in detail, it

will be seen that the numeral 5. denotes the she I of an ordinary radiator such as is used on motor vehicles having the usual core portion mounted therein of any conventional or desired type. My improved protector includes a frame 7 shaped to conformto the design of the radiator. Stretched across the frame 7 is a foraminous sheet 8 of screen wire preferably of a rust-proof nature. Diagonal braces 9 are provided. on the frame so. as give the same the desired rigidity and manufacture, thoroughly reliable and elfi cient in use, and otherwise we l adapted to Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken therestrength. These diagonal braces are held in lace by bolts 10, preferably four in numer, which pierce 'openings'in the frame 7 and eye ends of the rods 9. Spacing blocks 11 are mounted on the bolts 10 and the bolts are adapted. to extend between the cores of the radiator such as is shown in Fig. 3 and have nuts 12 and washers 13 on the ends thereof. Thus it will be seen that the protector. may be spaced in front of the coie portion of the radiator so as to prevent in-..

sects, dirt, and the like fromgetting in be-I tween the "cores of the radiator and preventing the proper circulation of air there- 7 through. Furthermore it wi'l be noted that the protector by being spaced allows the proper circulation of air at all times and prevents overheating as is occasioned by the, placing of the foraminous' sheet directly on the front surface of the core-,f

It is thought thatthe'construction, utility,

andadvantages of this invenion will now be clearly un'derstoodby those skilled in; this art wxthout a moreidetailed description thereof. The present embodiment of the invention has been disclosed in detail merely by Way of examp'e since in act'ual'practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and in the above description. It-

arrangement of without departing from the spiritor scope of the invention as hereinafterclaimed or sacrificingany 'of its advantages.

Having thus, described my invention, what I claim asnew is: r

A device of the class described including,

in combination, a frame, a sheet of foraminous material stretched across the frame. a

plurality of bolts piercing openings in the frame, a pair of rods diagonally disposedin relation to the frame and having eye ends pierced by the bolts, spacing: blocks on the bolts adjacent the brace rods, and nuts on the bots for holding them in engagement with a radiator in the manner described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

LQUIS G;-KLENCK,.nm1on..

'80 will be apparent that changes in the details I of construction, and in the combination and arts may be resorted to' 

